Railroad-rail brace



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. G. E. DAGGETT.

RAILROAD RAIL BRAUE.

No. 429,168. Patented June 8,1890.

W TNESSES: .INVENTOR geoyezfiy t BY ATT'Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. DAGGETT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

RAILROAD-RAIL BRAC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,168, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed September 25, 1889. Serial No. 325,074. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DAGGETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Rail Braces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to railroad-rail braces, and has for its object to so construct a rail-brace that it may be readily withdrawn from the rail and tie without mutilating the latter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved brace in proper position relative to a railroad-rail, the latter appearing in dotted lines; and Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of said brace.

Similar letters denote like parts in both figures of the drawings.

Prior to my invention railroad-rail braces of the general construction shown in the drawings have been extensively used; but difficulties have been met with when it has been essayed to take up the brace, or if the latter has drawn away from the rail by reason of the warping of the tie or continued long use, when it becomes necessary to readjust the brace firmly against the rail.

In taking up a brace which has been in continued use for a reasonable period of time the spikes by which the brace is fastened to the tie are generally rusted in, and the only way to withdraw them is to use the brace as a lever and by means of a crowbar to pry the latter up. In order to do this it has beennecessary to chip away the tie immediately beneath the edge of the brace, whereby the crowbar may be inserted underneath the brace.

My improvement consists, mainly, in so eonstructin g the rear part of the brace that when the latter is spiked to the tie a recess will be afforded within which the crowbar may be inserted to pry up the brace. The shape of this recess is immaterial, although I prefer that it shall be widest at the mouth and narrowest at the inner end in order to afford a wedge-like purchase for the crowbar.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the brace, B the openings for the spikes, and C the recess at the rear of the brace. The recess is formed by raising a swell D in the casting, so that the wall of said recess is an arch.

My invention afi'ords special advantages for resetting the brace, since the inner edge of the same may be firmly butted against the rail by prying up the rear edge and jacking up the latter before finally driving the spikes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a railroad-tie, of a brace having its rear edge raised above the level of the tie, whereby a recess is afforded, the upper wall whereof is the brace, while the tie constitutes the lower wall, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. DAGGETT. Witnesses:

J. S. FINOH, DAVID D. LooKwooD. 

